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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David Warren Steel , Richard H. HulanPublisher: University of Illinois Press Imprint: University of Illinois Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780252035678ISBN 10: 0252035674 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 01 November 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Introduction xi David Warren Steel PART ONE: THE BOOK 1. The Origins of the Sacred Harp 3 2. The Chattahoochee Valley 12 3. The Westward Migration 14 4. The Sacred Harp and the Civil War 16 5. Musical Families 20 6. Professions and Occupations 32 7. Teachers and Tradition 36 8. The Styles of Sacred Harp Music 39 PART TWO: THE WORDS 9. Frontiers of the American Hymn 57 Richard H. Hulan 10. Sketches of Selected Poets and Hymn Writers 70 Richard H. Hulan PART THREE: THE COMPOSERS 11. Biographical Sketches of the Composers 81 12. Sacred Harp Composers, Arranged by Birth Date 173 PART FOUR: THE SONGS 13. The Songs of the Sacred Harp 179 14. Sources for the Songs 247 Notes 257 Bibliography 263 Index 299Reviews"""The Makers of the Sacred Harp fills a significant gap in the American music history literature by investigating two centuries of American composers and poets who have contributed to the shape-note hymnody repertoire. It will be invaluable to American hymnologists and contemporary Sacred Harp singers."" Kiri Miller, author of Traveling Home: Sacred Harp Singing and American Pluralism" Hymnologists and sacred harp singers will delight in this book. Highly recommended. --Choice The Makers of the Sacred Harp fills a significant gap in the American music history literature by investigating the biographies of two centuries of American composers and poets who have contributed to the shape-note hymnody repertoire. It will be invaluable to American hymnologists and contemporary Sacred Harp singers. --Kiri Miller, author of Traveling Home: Sacred Harp Singing and American Pluralism An indispensable source for those studying the music of the South. --Journal of Southern Religion The Makers of the Sacred Harp fills a significant gap in the American music history literature by investigating two centuries of American composers and poets who have contributed to the shape-note hymnody repertoire. It will be invaluable to American hymnologists and contemporary Sacred Harp singers. Kiri Miller, author of Traveling Home: Sacred Harp Singing and American Pluralism Author InformationDavid Warren Steel is an associate professor of music and southern culture at the University of Mississippi. Richard H. Hulan is an independent scholar of American folk hymnody. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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